1、Unit 4 My day Reading (II) I. Teaching aims and learning objectives By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. talk about Millies school life in form of a dialogue; 2. retell Millies school life in third person according to the pictures; 3. talk about their own or others school life. I
2、I. Teaching contents 1. New expressions: in the morning/afternoon/evening, each other, have a good time, chat with, best wishes 2. Structures: Our school starts at eight in the morning from Monday to Friday. Usually we do morning exercises first. We practice after school on Wednesday. We always have
3、 a good time at school. We often chat with each other. III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty 1. Understand the useful expressions and sentence structures; 2. Retell Millies school life in the third person; 3. Use proper expressions and sentence structures to describe their own sc
4、hool life. IV. Teaching procedures Step 1 Lead-in Free talk T: Hi guys! Do you know the girl in the picture? Whos she? Which school does she study in? Does she love her school? Wow, it seems that you know Millie very well. I want to know something about her school life. Can you help me? Please ask a
5、nd answer my following questions in pairs. (Students talk about the questions according to the information theyve got from Reading I) (1) What does she do at school in the morning? (2) What time do they begin to have lessons? (3) Whats her favourite subject? (4) Does she have any friends at school?
6、(5) What do they do after class? (6) Do they have many lessons in the afternoon? (7) What do they often do in the afternoon? (8) How does Millie like her school? 【设计意图：通过 Reading I的师生问答导入新课，针对 Millies school life的学生 间互问互答，帮助学生回忆并再现文本信息，以开展后续的相关学习。 】 Step 2 Presentation 1. Useful phrases and sentence
7、 structures. Show pictures of Millies school life to explain language points, and then provide more pictures or translations for students to practice: (1) from to , in the morning/afternoon/evening e.g. Millies school starts at eight from Monday to Friday. T: (The teacher shows the picture of a scho
8、ol.) When does Millie go to school in a week? She goes to school from Monday to Friday. What time does the school start? It starts at eight in the morning. When does the school start on Monday? It starts at eight in the morning on Monday. We can also say: It starts at eight on Monday morning. (Teach
9、er shows another picture.) Please complete the sentences. This is the library in Sunshine Middle School. It opens at two oclock _ _ _ _ Monday _ Friday. It closes at eight thirty _ _ _. (2) practice e.g. We practice after school on Wednesday. T: What does Millie do on Wednesday afternoon? (Teacher s
10、hows a picture of playing volleyball.) Look, whats she doing now? She is practicing volleyball. We can also say: She is practicing playing volleyball. (Teacher shows another picture.) Please complete the sentences. Look, these students _ _ _ in the classroom. They often _ _ _ in the morning at schoo
11、l. (3) do morning exercises e.g. Usually we do morning exercises first. T: Does Millie usually practice reading English at school? What does she usually do first at school? (Teacher shows a picture of doing morning exercises.) Yes, she usually does morning exercises first. Exercise can be used as a
12、countable noun. It means “操练习题”. Exercise can also be used as an uncountable noun. It means “运动、锻炼”. (Teacher shows another picture.) Please complete the sentences. The students always _ _ _ first before maths lessons. They have some maths _ to do in class. After class, they like to do some _ in the
13、 playground. (4) chat with, each other e.g. We often chat with each other. T: What does Millie often do after class? (Teacher shows a picture of Millie and her friends.) She often chats with her friends. What can you see in the picture? Millie is chatting with her friends. We can also say: Millie an
14、d her friends are chatting with each other. (According to the picture) Please complete the sentences. Millie has a lot of friends at school. When they meet at the school gate, they say _ _ _ _. If they meet something difficult, they always _ _ _. Sometimes they _ _ _ _. (5) have a good time e.g. We
15、always have a good time at school. T: After class, Millie and her friends often chat with each other. Sometimes they play in the playground. How happy they are! They have a good time. We can also say: They have fun./They enjoy themselves. (Teacher shows another picture.) Please complete the sentence
16、s. Eddie is busy eating and sleeping all day! Hobo doesnt think Eddie _. (6) best wishes T: (Teacher shows a picture) At the end of the email, Millie wrote down: Best wishes! We can also say: All the best!/Take care! (Teacher shows another picture) Please complete the sentences. Today is 10th Septem
17、ber. Its Teachers Day. Many students are giving their _ _ _ their teacher. Look, how happy the teacher is! Teacher shows the pictures to present the useful expressions one by one. Make sure the students understand them and can use them correctly. 2. Check whether the students can understand the mean
18、ings and use them correctly. T: Here are some sentences in Chinese. Can you put them into English? Ill give you several minutes to think about the answers. (1) 我爸爸总是在晚上七点到七点半收看新闻联播。 My father always watches CCTV-news _. (My father always watches CCTV-news from seven to seven thirty in the evening.)
19、(2) 周一上午我们不做广播操。 We dont _. (We dont do morning exercises on Monday morning.) (3) 你在和米莉以互发电子邮件的方式聊天吗？ Are you _ Millie and her online friends _? (Are you chatting with Millie and her online friends by writing emails to each other?) (4) 放学后，凯迪通常先去舞蹈俱乐部练跳舞。 _, Kitty usually _ the Dancing Club _. (Afte
20、r school, Kitty usually practices dancing in the Dancing Club first.) (5) 瞧，我的同学们正在操场上开心地玩耍。 Look, my classmates _. (Look, my classmates are having a good time in the playground.) T: Now, Lets check the answers one by one. If you think the answer is right, please read after him/her twice. If you don
21、t think so, put up your hand to help correct it. 【设计意图：语言要点的解析能帮助学生正确地理解文本。举一反三的操练可帮助学生应 用和巩固语言要点，为下一环节转述文本打下扎实的基础。 】 Step 3 Practice 1. Retell Millies school life. T: You have a better understanding on Millies school life. Can you introduce Millies school life in your own words? Those pictures will
22、 help you. Have a try! (Teacher shows a lot of pictures of Millies school life. Students prepare for several minutes. ) 2. Show time. T: Now, Lets invite some of you to introduce Millies school life. Any volunteer? (Teacher invites one or two students to retell Millies school life.) 【设计意图：看图说话，鼓励学生将
23、第一人称的 email用第三人称的形式转述出来。将图 片作为学生转述的线索，可降低难度，提高积极性。 】 Step 4 Development 1. Finish Part C on Page 46 of the textbook. T: Do you think Millies school life is interesting? What about your school life? Can you say something about your school day? Please have a look at Part C. Write about your day. (Teac
24、her walks around in class to help the students in need and encourage the students to write as much as they can with the proper expressions and structures theyve learnt in class.) 2. Talk about students own school life. T: Now, work in groups of four to introduce your own day to your group mates. Hel
25、p each other to correct the mistakes. 3. Show time. T: Well! Lets invite some of you to talk about your school life, shall we? You can introduce your own school life. And you can also talk about one of your group mates school life. (Teacher should invite at least two students. One student talks abou
26、t his/her own school life, the other introduce his/her group mates school life. ) 【设计意图：由文本话题 Millies school life 拓展到谈论学生自己的学校生活，完成 课本练习 C，可帮助学生理清思路，通过书面练习为后续的口语练习做好准备。让学生在 小组中讲述自己的学校生活。小组互助，可相互改正讲述过程中出现的错误，提高语言表 达的正确率，为下一步的课堂展示做好充足的准备。同时，鼓励有能力的学生在介绍自己 学校生活的基础上，尝试谈论其他组员的学校生活，为不同层次的学生提供不同的表现空 间。学 生上台讲述自己的学校生活，或者介绍同学的学校生活，让学生将书本知识应用到 实际生活中来，可使其感受到英语的语用价值和交际功能，从而获得学习英语的成就感。 】 V. Homework 1. Practice talking about your own or someone elses school life with your classmates; 2. Remember the useful expresssions and sentence structures; 3. Finish the exercises of Unit 4 in the Workbook. 【教学反思】
